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प्रश्न
'My Car Ltd.' decided to set-up its new car manufacturing factory in the backward area of West Bengal where very less job opportunities were available. People of that area welcomed this effort of 'My Car Ltd.' The company also decided to provide facilities like school, hospital, market etc. in the factory premises so that the people are attracted to join the factory as workers.
'My Car Ltd.' started earning huge profit. Another competeting company asked its production manager 'Arvind' to investigate the reasons of earning huge profits by 'My Car Ltd.'
Arvind found that in both the companies there was systematic co-ordination among the various activities to achieve organisational goals. Every employee knew who was responsible and accountable to whom. The only difference was that in his organisation communication took place only through the scalar chain, where as 'My Car Ltd.' was allowing flow of communication in all the directions as per the requirement which lead to faster spread of information as well as quick feed-back.
a. Identify the type of organisation which permits the flow of communication in all the directions in 'My Car Ltd.'
b. Also state an advantage of the type of organisation identified in part (a) above.
c. State any two values which 'My Car Ltd.' wants to communicate to the society.
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उत्तर
a. In the given case, ‘Informal Organisation’ allows the communication to flow in all directions.
b. Another advantage of informal organisation is that it allows employees to feel sociable, interactive and competitive. This results in better employee engagement and work culture. All these factors result in better productivity for the organisation by employees.
c. ‘My Car Ltd.’ wanted to communicate the following two values to the organisation:-
- A socially responsible corporation
- An employee-centric organisation
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is meant by 'functional structure' of an organisation?
State any two advantages of Formal Organisation
Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the following basis:
Behaviour
The differential between 'Functional and 'Divisional' structure of organising on the basis of the
following:
Formation
A differential between 'Functional and 'Divisional' structure of organising on the basis of the following:
Specialisation
State any two circumstances under which the functional structure will prove to be an appropriate choice.
How is a functional structure different from a divisional structure?
A company manufacturing sewing machines set up in 1945 by the British promoters follows formal organisation culture in totality. It is facing lot of problems in delays in decision making. As the result it is not able to adapt to changing business environment. The work force is also not motivated since they cannot vent their grievances except through formal channels, which involve red tape. Employee turnover is high. Its market share is also declining due to changed circumstances and business environment. You are to advise the company with regard to change it should bring about in its organisation structure to overcome the problems faced by it. Give reasons in terms of benefits it will derive from the changes suggested by you.
Write a short note on: Formal organisation.
In which organisation structure do we find “group norms”?
Which of the following does not follow the scalar chain?
A tall structure has a ____________.
It is defined as the framework within which managerial and operating tasks are performed.
Which of the following does not follow the scalar chain?
Grouping of activities on the basis of functions is a part of
______ ensures that the heads of separate business units in the organisation are responsible for profit or loss of their unit and have authority over it.
Which type of organisational structure is the most suitable when the size of the organisation is large and is producing one line of product?
______ is the process of dividing work into manageable activities and then grouping the activities which are similar in nature.
Read the following text and answer the questions given below:
'Pappu Sweets Makers' is a sweets making company which has turnover in crores. In order to manage the work in the organisation, the departments have been created on the basis of functions. Examine the following situations of this organisation and give answers accordingly :
Situation 1: It is expected that employees who are performing similar tasks work under the same department. So the company now has HR, Marketing and Finance departments. The division is based on specific functions.
Situation 2: There are similarities in the tasks performed within the same department.
Situation 3: The profit is increasing month by month due to the success of this structure of the organisation.
Situation 4: There has been minimum duplication of efforts as the same department is taking care of single function.
Why do you think the profit is increasing as given in Situation 3?
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- Identify and state the organisational structure adopted by the company.
- State two benefits and two limitations of the identified structure highlighted in the above case.
